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From Pitchfork interview with Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold on their latest album and influences:

Pitchfork: Is there any music you've been listening to that you think could be shaping the music you're writing?

Robin Pecknold: The biggest thing to me -- and I mean this in a totally approach-based way -- is Neil Young.

There's less of a Neil Young feeling than on the first album. But we were asked to do his [Bridge School] benefit down at Mountain View [California], and the experience of being around his crew and being an observer into his world for a few days was this crazy and inspiring experience. He seems like such a wonderful person, and it seems like he just did it the right way. He doesn't seem to have any enemies, and he just does what he wants and looks after the people in his circle.

You would meet person after person who did such and such job on the tours, and everyone had stories. There were dudes that that had stories from 1971, and everyone had nothing but good things to say.

Someone has done it the right way in this music game, and it ended up being fulfilling and good for the people in his life as well. I think that made me still want to do the recording and touring thing, after feeling not too excited by it.

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yeah, everyone had something good to say...because they were THERE. go talk to crazy horse. see how they feel about the man these days. i've recently spoken to poncho and, well, let's just say that he's not the biggest fan of neil young you're gonna find.

hey, believe what you want. poncho is a human, just like you and me. he's not a myth. it's not the first time i've met him either (spoke to him before a greendale show) and he actually remembered me! not the name, mind you, but the face.

Well, Not Rotten Johnny, let us use that logic. Let us say that Neil Young's greatest musical achievements have been with the band Crazy Horse. Now, if Neil Young were to turn against Crazy Horse, what would that make him?

Just Askin' - I see your point on that. I've not heard that there has been this turning away in either direction from the horse or rider. Though the Horse has been out to pasture far too long I'll agree. From firsthand experience I can tell you that keeping the vibe isn't always easy. Fandom of others is a fickle fate frequently festered from and for fools.

Dude, Neil without the horse means : - no Everybody knows this is nowhere,- no Tonight's the night,- no Zuma, - no Rust Never Sleeps, - no Ragged Glory, - no Weld, - no Sleeps with Angels, - no "When You Dance", no "Like a Hurricane", no "Lotta Love", no "Big Time", no "Going Home"...

I believe Neil young would've made it without the horse and not vice versa. A different creature perhaps, but that train was heading for the station since it pulled out. THANKFULLY we don't have to spend much on what would've been, but rather to foucs on what is. The albums and songs were written by Neil, but the experiences that led up to the 'feel', well, that would have put a new spin on the dial.

Neil will come around to the horse when he feels ready and when he does the music will feel sooo good, because the time will be right, only Neil can dictate that timing ... in the interim, while i love Neil as much as the next rustie, i have to agree he wouldn't be where he is if he didn't have a ruthless side to him, hence the comment that no one has anything bad to say is a bit naive ... after 40 years+ he's left his share of causulties his wake thats just a fact ... my take on it is that Neil places the muse and the flow of songs and song writing ahead of all else ... thats a vital component of his persona and his MO, i think on charlie rose he said he drops everything when he feels a song coming ... i forgot exactly how he put it but it was darn eloquent ... like he's subservient to that force ... so... he's just more loyal to making the music that he's feeling than to making everyone around him feel good ... so right now the horse is out of favor, thats why he only plays w/ csn once every 7-10 years ... thats why we got FITR as opposed to what people expected ... thats what TTN was after Harvest ... I also think Pegi gets that about him and she gives him that space which is why they've lasted ... in the same way her role in the band in my view is the same as described above when Neil pivots into the next genre she won't necessarily be part of it because when it comes to his music his loyalty goes with the music and the muse not with the current or former band members family or not .... and thats not a comment on her abilities I leave those decisions to Neil he almost never dissapoints from a musical perspective ... just one man's view...

I would be very surprised if we see Neil team up with the Horse again. I just don't see it in the cards. He's commented several times on how much he enjoys playing with his current line-up because they can do the whole thing, whereas the Horse is a "one trick pony" (but fun).

He seems most at home in the company of Ben Keith. They're buds and cut from the same cloth. Pancho and Billy...well, they have less and less in common with where Neil is at and where he seems to be headed. Ralph -well, I can see him playing drums on tour again, like he did during the Chrome Dreams tour. Ralph has become an excellent drummer and always fit Neil well. Billy cannot hold a candle to Rick and Pancho is just sloppy. Why bother with sloppy.

Billy is the man, and his album is far better than Neils last CDs... In fact, the Horse is the best band Neil ever played in. For example, I dig the electric band but Crazy Horse plays with the Heart. And I've heard since 1981 that it's the end of the horse. So I just hope this 6 fuckin long years without the guys will be soon over, and that the Horse we'll be back.Tim

anyone who thinks that neil has found nirvana with this new band and that he'll never go back hasnt followed neil for all these years ... he will get bored and move on to something fresh ... eventually the horse will come back into the mix ... if csn makes it back into the mix you can be sure the horse will be back in their too